Being a journalist generally makes you a word buff. Honestly you have to be! So this assignment was really insightful for future reference. Plus, it reminds me of an lost episode of School House Rock (humming the theme song as I type it)!
My Five:
1.) Affect/Effect - They sound just alike, so I use them as if they're interchangeable. But clearly they're not because they're different meanings!!!!
2.) Agnostic/Atheist - The two are usually associated with one another, so getting them confused is a common mistake I make.
3.) Burglary/Robbery/Theft - Well it's evident you learn something new everyday because I had no clue of the difference between the three!
4.) Conscious/Aware - I'll typically use aware as a synonym of conscious (ie. being aware of your feelings)
5.) Canvas/Canvass - It's the extra 's' in canvass that changes the meaning. Spell check won't catch it because it's spelled correctly.
Dictionary.com is pretty much a good friend of mine. I've learned to double check words such as the ones above to know it is the correct word and not it's fraternal twin!
Oh, and just for kicks enjoy the video below!
LOVE school house rock and dictionary.com, my best friend too.
ReplyDeletedictionary.com gets me through every paper!
ReplyDeleteMelany,
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you're letting your voice shine through in your posts.